Use milestone checks, organizer responses, and daily test evidence to guide feedback.
Summative
Assess the published Historical Truths Game 🎓 with the analytic rubric.
The student journey
This is a build — not a worksheet packet
Every lesson runs like the story students are about to make: read it, write it, build it, polish it, publish it. The printables scaffold each stage — the published Elementari project is the destination.
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Read
Students read a short, high-interest passage — a real-world hook, not a dry textbook definition — to spark ideas for what they'll make.
📖Read Before You Build: Historical Truths Game 🎓
A historical claim is strongest when it can be checked in more than one trustworthy source. Primary sources come from the time being studied; secondary sources interpret evidence later. In a truths-and-fib game, the false statement should b…
SourcesLibrary of Congress — Getting Started with Primary SourcesCode.org — Programming Concepts and Tool DocumentationCode.org — Responding to User Input
In the studio, students bring the project to life — adding art and following the exact writing and coding steps shown below. The Studio Compass walks them through it, one step at a time.
🧭Studio CompassStep 1 / 11
Research and Plan Your Game 🕵🏾
Choose a historical figure and research to find three true statements and two myths or false statements about them. Plan the layout of your game. Use the worksheet Historical Truth
Key words — tap to learncreate number variables
Each step checks off & advances on its own
All 11 studio steps · dynamic to the project
1Research and Plan Your Game 🕵🏾~20 min
2Create Cover Page and Variable 🎨~10 min
3Introduce the Person and Game 🎭~10 min
4Statement 1 - Design the Slide 🎨~10 min
5Incrementing the Score (1/2) ➕~5 min
6Incrementing the Score (2/2) ➕~5 min
7Setting Up Game Navigation 🧭~5 min
8Statement 2 & 3 - Duplicate 📑~10 min
9Showing the Score & Conditional Logic (1/2) 🔀~10 min
10Conditional Logic (2/2) 🔀~5 min
11Final Touches and Exploring Extensions ✨~10 min
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Polish
ongoing
Teacher and peer feedback pin right onto the project — students revise until it's ready to share.
Feedback on the project2 pins
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Add one more sentence here so readers get the full picture.
👍 2Teacher
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The interaction is clear — it helps the reader follow the project!
CCSS · ELA10CSTA8ISTE11AASL3C325 frameworks · 34 standards · DOK 3
CCSS · ELA
Common Core — English Language Arts
10 standards
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.7.2
Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.7.5
With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.7.7
Conduct short research projects to answer a question, drawing on several sources and generating additional related questions when appropriate.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.7.8
Gather relevant information from multiple authoritative print and digital sources, assess source credibility and accuracy, quote or paraphrase while avoiding plagiarism, and follow a standard citation format.
Systematically test and refine programs using a range of student-created inputs.
3A-AP-16
Design and iteratively develop computational artifacts for practical intent, personal expression, or to address a societal issue.
2-AP-11
Create clearly named variables that represent different data types and perform operations on their values.
2-AP-13
Decompose problems and subproblems into parts to facilitate the design, implementation, and review of programs.
Also addressed3A-AP-19 · 2-AP-15 · 2-AP-19 · 3A-AP-23
ISTE
ISTE Standards for Students
11 standards
ISTE 1.4.a
Students know and use a deliberate design process for generating ideas, testing theories, creating innovative artifacts, or solving authentic problems.
ISTE 1.4.c
Students develop, test, and refine prototypes as part of a cyclical design process.
ISTE 1.6.d
Students publish or present content that customizes the message and medium for their intended audiences.
ISTE 1.5.d
Students understand how automation works and use algorithmic thinking to develop a sequence of steps to create and test automated solutions.
Also addressedISTE 1.3.a · ISTE 1.3.b · ISTE 1.1.c · ISTE 1.6.b · ISTE 1.6.c · ISTE 1.5.c · ISTE 1.3.d
AASL
AASL Standards Framework for Learners
3 standards
AASL I.A.1
Learners display curiosity and initiative by formulating questions about a personal interest or a curricular topic.
Also addressedAASL I.B.1 · AASL I.B.3
C3
C3 Framework for Social Studies
2 standards
C3 D2.His.10.6-8
Compare information provided by different historical sources about the past.
Also addressedC3 D2.His.10.9-12
Full task-by-task mapping — including Depth of Knowledge — is in the answer key.
Differentiation & accessibility
Built to reach every learner
One lesson, three built-in paths — with accessibility baked into the materials, not bolted on afterward.
Extra support
Emerging readers & writers
Read-aloud and multilingual support in the Elementari build
Studio Compass highlights one task at a time — including the coding
Sentence frames and a word bank so it is never a blank page
On grade
The core lesson
The passage and storyboard exactly as written
Model answers and “look-fors” in the answer key
Self-check chips at every milestone
Ready for more
Extension & challenge
Challenge vocabulary and a real-world extension question
Deepen one existing page or interaction — without changing the required mechanics
A longer, evidence-based reflection prompt
Accessibility, built inPredictable step-by-step structureOne task at a time · Studio CompassHighlighted response areasLow-stimulation printMovement-friendly pacingDesigned so every student can design, write, and code — with ADHD, autism, and dyslexia in mind.
Questions
Teacher FAQ
Do I need to know how to code?
No coding experience needed. Studio Compass guides students through Guided Steps — each names the exact block and checks itself off — while you facilitate.
What devices does it work on?
Any modern browser — laptops, Chromebooks, and tablets. Nothing to install.
Do my students need an account?
No student email addresses required. You roster your class in a couple of clicks, and students join with a simple class code.
Is it standards-aligned?
Yes — each lesson shows national frameworks and supported state codes from your Standards setting, with specific standards and DOK levels called out in the answer key.
Can students work at different levels?
Built-in read-aloud, sentence frames, and task-level word suggestions meet students where they are, and the self-checking steps let each student work at their own pace.
How do students share their work?
They submit to you for review; you publish the best to your class showcase, each with a public link.
Ready when you are
Bring this lesson to your class
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